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in a zone

ADVERB
on a roll
Synonyms
WEAK
cooking hot hot-handed in a groove on fire on one's game smoking
NOUN
daydream
Synonyms
STRONGEST
pipe dream reverie
STRONG
conceiving dream fancy fancying imagination imagining musing phantasm phantasy stargazing trip vision wish woolgathering
WEAK
castle in the air figment of imagination fond hope fool's paradise head trip mind trip pie in the sky
Antonyms
STRONG
actuality certainty dislike existence fact hate reality substance truth

Example Sentences

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“We are in a zone in which your average annualized returns are a little bit lower than they have been in the recent past, because the equity risk premium is low,” Martin Adams told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

“We’ve seen a number of times she gets in a zone, you can’t stop her,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024

There are times when certain students get in a zone where they seem to be giving correct answers before hearing the questions.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2024

It occurs in a zone rich in dust, the building block of rocky planets like Earth.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2024

Both matches took minutes, yet, seeing, I was in a zone where time slowed.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes